Re: [nlug] I never saw this form of Windows 10 coming!

Mon, 02 Feb 2015 10:02:54 -0800

Not quite.  The version skip was caused by the method that some programs were parsing the version string.  They saw "Windows 95" and "Windows 98" as being equivalent to "Windows 9".  Skipping the "Windows 9" designation bypassed that issue.

Mike

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From: Curt Lundgren
Sent: Feb 2, 2015 11:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [nlug] I never saw this form of Windows 10 coming!

My understanding is they're skipping version 9 in part to avoid OS identification issues (win95, win98)

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Jim Peterson <[email protected]> wrote:
I had read somewhere (Mashable, maybe?) that the reason for the 10 was to distance itself from Windows 8. Purely a marketing ploy.

Jim


On 2/2/2015 11:43 AM, Chris McQuistion wrote:
It's also going to be free-ish (a free upgrade from Windows 7 or 8, from what I've read.)

Interesting that they're skipping over version 9 and going straight to version 10, to try to get version parity with OS X.

I think by Microsoft embracing Raspberry Pi and ARM and doing some free-ish offerings, I think their product will likely improve and the race for better OS' for all might be better off.

Chris

On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 11:28 AM, Mark J. Bailey <[email protected]> wrote:

Sacrilege?

 

http://hardware.slashdot.org/story/15/02/02/1326225/microsoft-announces-windows-for-raspberry-pi-2?utm_source=slashdot&utm_medium=facebook

 

 

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